New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-25
GENERAL CHARLES p STONE DEAD.
PNEUMONIA THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE.

TIE SEVERE STRAIN CAUSED by UNWILLING THE
sTATUE-A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
General Charles Stone died yesterday ut the home
of Daniel Harnett, No. 20 Fast Thirty -hrstst His
death unexpected the immediate being pneu
monia, but for the last year HIS health had not
been good and his system not in condition to stand
attack The final arrangements attendant upon
the unwilling OF the Statue OF Liberty made person
ayby him. The strain severe one, and many OF his
friends who him when he rode at the head OF the
long procession in heavy rain October 30 remarked
that he looked tired and Since the departure Of
the French delegates, General Stone. public man,
dropped out OF notice. and with great surprise that
his death became known. He had lived entirely in this
city hoping through few months Of regain his
health. He caught cold few days ago, but was not
III enough TO be confined 10 his room until
last Wednesday IL then seen that he was in a
dangerous condition BY the time physician had been
summoned pneumonia had reached an advanced stage
The doctor went to work with but little hope for his pa
TENTS Everything possible to relieve the sick
man was done but 1t useless and shortly after day
break yesterday he breathed his last
General Stone was born in Springfield Mass, in 1896
He went to the United States Military Academy West
Point and was graduated in 1915. In the war with
Mexico he served from Vera Cruz under General Winfield
Scott TO tho capture OF the City Of Mexico obtaining
the brevets of first lieutenant and captain He
ordered TO California In 1851 and while there
he constructed the Benicia Arsenal In November
1856 he resigned and engaged for In the bu dng
business in San Francisco when he appointed by the
Mexican Government chief OF commission to survey
and explore its lands in Sonora and Lower California
On the breaking out OF the Rebellion General Stone
appointed January J. 1861, to organize and drill
the District OF Columbia militia for the defence Of Wash
ington He served under General Patterson in the shen
andoah in July receiving In August independent
command OF corps OF observation guard
ing the upper Potomac After the action at
no1l' nf,F o,rtr ioia lie
friends spoke bitterly OF the that done 10 him
this occasion Certain dispatches sent to General
Beauregard, who, when he found what they were. re-
leased them under flag Of truce to tho Federal Army
With the and suspicious OF treacherv that existed
on all sides General Stone met with little sympathy
from the court After the trial he was brought to
In Fort Lafayette that then used for prisoners OF
the war. He remained here until August 3, 1862 when
he released by the Government. IN May following
he again ordered on duty with the Department Of the
GUT where he took part in the siege and capture OF Port
era Banks afterward selected him his chief OF staff
S and he held hat Position ur april 1851 gnpS IN sne
Hill. In the same month he was assigned to command
49, s6i he resigned his commission in the regular army
General Stone always felt keenly the humiliation or the
unfairly treated After the he made his home for
some time near Richmond and carried on the Dover coal
offered position In the army which he declined.
but in $50 he received fattering offer
his military service This offer accepted and his
work in reorganlng the Egyptian army everywhere
commended by military critics in the highest terms, MS
stone Pacha became more widely known In his own eoln
try. He remained in the Khedycs service until 1883
The troubles that then cOnvulsing Egypt deter
mined him resign his commission and return to the
United states. The command of the Eng.
sh forces against I'll Mahdi offered to him, but
he refused this because the English commissioners
would allow him p 900 men that he asked for and
regarded as necessary the undertaking He was inti
matey acquainted with the country and character of the
natives and he was certain that his demand had been
met ny the English government Mt that time much ex-
pense and hlOodshei would have beel averted.
A. engineer and director OF the pedestal for the Bar
thold statue OF Liberty Bellows Island, General
Stones has become familiar all over the land
within the last few years He accepted the position OF
tho Pedestal in 1854 and the last active years
hi life was devoted to this work He took great pride
In IL and had made careful study of the undert king
and similar efforts ancient modern times In far or
stormy weather he visited the island, watching theprog
ress Of the work IL gradually rose
up over the battlcments OF the old fort over
looking the gloomy OF Fort Lafayette In the Mar
where he had passed many weary days more than
twepy years before He delighted TO compare the works
OF IN American Republic with the Colossus of Rhodss:
The Statue OF Liberty he said far greater work OF
and would continue To exist when the traditions OF
the ancient statue were forgotten